reflections on the circle

This is a photo from a ceremony I attended. I love the symbolism in this picture , not to mention the colours . Look at how the head piece of each monk completes them and seems to highlight that we are more than just our head...we don't finish there , there is so much more beyond our actual scalp and hair energetically we have a aura of colours and light unseen to our dulled senses of sight...the curve creates a triangle from the nose of each monk out to the arc of the head piece.

Why is the circle pretty much always used in ceremony ?

My daughter recently started school and the process of initiation for this was so fractious ...her name was called and she had to walk through the chairs of families up to the prinicpal , shake his hand and then go to her asssigned "buddy". They then lined up and turned to the families and waved goodbye , marching off to their classroom to "start school" ....

My goodness I was devestated and shocked and overwheled by emotion.

I refelected later that simply by the use of sacred geometry , and especially the circle , my emotional and gut reactions could possibly have been avoided and the experience might have been completely different and nurturing. Geometry touches us so deeply at a soul and cellular level ....in contrast the linear constructed nature of "military style" forces conformity and fear.

How different it could have been if the teacher stood in the centre ( their new role model and guide to light the way in learning ) the children then created a circle around him or her , the buddies then stood behind the new school children ( supporting them in their transition ) and the parents behind them ( separated slightly by the buddies but still supporting the child close by )... and ALL of us CONNECTED by the mere fact we are in a circle , a never ending circumference of space and enclosing and protecting the children and families and introducing the teacher as the new centre for the childrens' learning universe ... so to speak .... food for thought.